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By Veronica Corr November 30th is the deadline by which all monies drawn down for flood alleviation works on the Ballybay/Clones Road (R162/R190) must be spent, a public meeting heard last Thursday evening. There was a large attendance at the Wetlands Centre, Ballybay, as locals proved very interested in what Monaghan County Council had planned for the road, which had been seriously affected by flooding in recent years. The meeting was organised following a proposal by Fine Gael Councillor Ciara McPhillips, seconded by party colleague Sean Gilliland and Independent Hughie McElvaney. ...

A Castleblayney boy who is battling Leukaemia had the honour of graduating from the Garda College in Templemore last week alongside this year’s new garda recruits. Ceejay McArdle of Castleblayney town, who just turned four on Monday past, 13th June, was kitted out in his Garda hat and a bespoke Garda uniform which was pressed especially for the day, as he joined the new gardaí at their ‘passing out’ ceremony in the Tipperary town on Wednesday, 8th June. He attended the event with his mother Susan Brown, his father Marcus McArdle and ...

Monaghan Co Council has launched a summer initiative to clamp down on motorists who discard litter from their vehicles. They are installing a number of CCTV cameras on roads throughout the county to combat an escalating problem – highlighted on page one of last week’s Northern Standard in a story which reported the shocked reaction by members of the Carrickmacross-Castleblayney Municipal District to the news that 400 bags of discarded rubbish were collected in a local authority clean-up operation on a relatively short stretch of the Castleblayney by-pass. Motorists “caught on camera” ...

Lakeland Dairies has reported a positive business performance in spite of volatile global dairy market conditions, in the co-operative’s annual report for 2015. The recent Annual General Meeting was told that profit before tax increased by 10% to €12.8 million. Group revenues of €588.5 million reflect a 6% reduction due to global conditions where there is continuing pressure on the returns from the markets, shareholders were informed. The Society concluded 2015 with a strong balance sheet and shareholders’ funds of €109 million. During the year, Lakeland Dairies acquired Taste Trends Ltd, the leading UK-based ...

Monaghan firm Combilift Ltd, the Irish specialist manufacturer of multidirectional forklifts, straddle carriers and other innovative handling solutions for long loads, containers and palletised goods recently celebrated a milestone in the company’s history. The 30,000th Combilift to roll off the production lines in Monaghan was officially handed over to its new owner on June 1 during the CeMAT materials handling and logistics trade fair in Hanover, Germany with 40 employees from the factory onsite to witness the handover. Managing Director Arno Sorger accepted the Combilift C14000 model on behalf of Haslinger Stahlbau, ...

Unionists have nothing to fear from an Irish unity which could accommodate their feelings of Britishness, Sinn Féin member of the European Parliament Matt Carthy said this week. The Co Monaghan politician also stated that, if Britain voted to leave the EU in the June 23 referendum, there would be “a democratic imperative” to allow a referendum on Irish unity. Those who wish to see a united Ireland needed to be “open, imaginative and accommodating” in their approach, according to the MEP, who added that this might include the consideration of “transitional ...

PETER HUGHES A new advocacy service for older people is being made available to users of Monaghan Hospital. A briefing on the service was delivered in the hospital on Tuesday evening by its providers SAGE, whose Development Worker Danielle Monahan described the approach being adopted as “to collaborate where possible and challenge where necessary”. Monaghan and Cavan Hospitals will avail of the new service through their membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RSCI) Hospitals Group. It is hoped that a Memorandum of Understanding will shortly be agreed between SAGE and the ...

By Veronica Corr Four-hundred bags of rubbish dumped by the general public were collected off the Castleblayney by-pass (between Castleblayney and Clontibret) on Sunday, May 14th, according to Carrickmacross/Castleblayney Municipal District Co-ordinator Frances Matthews’ report, which was read aloud at last week’s meeting by Leas Cathaoirleach Aidan Campbell. Cllr. Campbell, who lives in Castleblayney, condemned the act of littering, but wished to compliment all of the fourteen community groups who took part in the clean up, assisted by Garda Pat Merrick and Environmental Officer with Monaghan County Council Nial O’Connor. Sinn Féin representative ...

Daithí Sherry, the little Monaghan boy who has been the subject of the recent “Daithí’s Wish To Walk” campaign, is departing with his family for St Louis in the USA tomorrow, Friday to begin the procedures and treatment that are designed to make his wish come true. The fantastic response generated among individuals and communities across a wide area of Co Monaghan by the campaign has seen it fulfil its monetary target, and this week Daithí’s family sent a message to The Northern Standard in which they conveyed their ...

Ballybay man Mark Duffy has been named as Ireland’s Alternative Farmer of the Year. His achievement was marked with a cash prize at a prestigious national awards ceremony in Dublin last week. The Zurich Farm Insurance Farming Independent Farmer of the Year Awards, now in their third year, recognise the best farmers throughout the country and reward excellence in all areas of farming. The Farmer of the Year Awards, sponsored by Zurich Insurance, featured eight separate categories such as Dairy, Beef, Tillage and Sheep Farmer of the Year, as well as a Farm ...